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Guantanamo Calling

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Guantanamo Calling

by

Abby Zimet

In the first media interview
with a Guantanamo prisoner, a detainee from Chad awaiting release
secretly called Al-Jazeera to complain of beatings and tear gassing
there. Mohammed el Gharani called Sami al-Hajj, a journalist for
the Arab network who was himself held
at Guantanamo for six years. His charges of abuse echoe other claims
that guards at the prison, which President Obama has vowed to close, are "taking their last
revenge."

Further

Academics are increasingly, ingeniously fighting back against an Orwellian "Professor Watchlist" aimed at exposing "radical" teachers. The list has inspired online trolls to name their own suspects - Albus Dumbledore, Dr. Pepper, Mr. Spock - and a Watchlist Redux to honor not trash targets from Jesus to teachers daring to "think critically about power." Now 100 Notre Dame professors have asked to join the list in solidarity, proclaiming, "We wish to be counted among those you are watching."